The number of unemployed people increased by 79,000 to 565,000 in March, compared with the same month last year. This is an increase of 1.2 percentage points to 9.7 percent.
Statistics Sweden said, "The outcome for employed and unemployed people for March 2026 should be interpreted with some caution, as the distribution of non-response may have affected the estimates. There may be an underestimation, mainly of employed people, and a certain overestimation of unemployed people."
Above all, the number of young students who are unemployed full-time has increased sharply, according to the shaky data.
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment is 8.7 percent, unchanged compared with previous months and slightly lower than in March last year.
